Apologia Biology Module 4, 2nd Ed.
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- Aerial Hypha
- A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows
- Antibiotic
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A chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces
the reproduction rates of other organisms - Chitin
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A chemical that provides both toughness and
flexibility - Extracellular Digestion
- Digestion that takes place outside the cell
- Fermentation
- The anaerobic (without oxygen) breakdown of sugars into alcohol, carbon dioxide and lactic acid
- Haustorium
- A hypha of a parasitic fungus which enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm
- Hypha
- A filament of fungal cells
- Membrane
- A thin covering of tissue
- Mycelium
- The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food
- Rhizoid hypha
- A hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows
- Sporophore
- Specialized aerial hypha that asexually reproduces spores
- Stolon
- An aerial hypha that sexually reproduces to make more filaments
- Zygospore
- A zygote surrounded by a hard, protective covering
- Zygote
- The result of sexual reproduction when each parent sontributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring